Melton is a suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria. The suburb is located 47 kilometres (29 mi) west of Melbourne’s Central Business District on the city’s western rural-urban fringe. It is the administrative centre of the City of Melton local government area. As of the 2021 Australian census, the suburb has a population of 7,953.

Melton has been identified by the Department of Transport as one of the most car-dependent communities in Greater Melbourne. The Western Highway is the main road transport link from Melton to Melbourne. The Melton Highway links Melton to the Calder Highway — and thus to the Melbourne Airport — via nearby suburb Taylors Lakes.